Deuteronomy 17:10:10Deut.17.10.W10TAB

יִבְחַ֣ר

yivkhar

he will choose

Transliteration
yiv-KHAR
Extended
yiv-KHAR
IPA
/jivˈχar/

Meaning by language

English
he will choose

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִבְ + חַ֣ר
yiv + khar
yivkhar

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    yiv-KHAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-a-si-TA al-PI ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-gi-DU le-KHA min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-a-si-TA al-PI ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-gi-DU le-KHA min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-mar-TA la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER yo-ru-KHA

Exegesis

The locative phrase min-ha-makom {מִן־הַמָּקוֹם | min-ha-mā-qōm} ‘from the place’ introduces the setting, further defined by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ and the Qal imperfect yivchar {יִבְחַר | yiv-ḥar} ‘he chooses’, with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the subject.

Root and etymology

ב־ח־ר

to choose

In contextDeuteronomy 17:10

And you shall act according to the command that they declare to you from the place that the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do everything that they instruct you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 17:10, so the Hebrew word יִבְחַ֣ר (yivkhar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.17.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.10.W10.S1) and character.